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regnired to submit thernseivisi, ao4 threatening all bohtile proteedings with the severest punishment. — All further military operations had for the present ceased." Amman AM, AUG. 21.—A circular letter has been sent by M. Vander Cappellen, Minister of Justice sod Internal Atrairs, to the Lmidrosts in the depart ments, concerning the celebration of the King's .Birth-day. It begins with the following sett= tences:-- " As at the very moment that the peace of tbe Con. tinent is about to be assured, our country is become the seat of war, and a great part of the department of Zealand is already in the hands-of the enemy, it is the will of his Majesty that no extraordinary mani festations of joy shall take place until the territory of the kingdom' shall be wholly delivered from the enemy. " The King who, in this state of affairs, places all his hope in the known energy of a people, who at all times wish to deserve that name, desires that the re joicings which otherwise would on that day be made, should not take place ; but should be confined to the celebration of public and fervent prayers." The letter then proceeds to order the performance of public prayer and worship, on the 4th of Septem- . ber, in order'to " implore aid from heaven ;" and that our beloved Monarch may be preserved to us, &c. inc Minister requires that. this solemnity should take place with all possible splendour, and that at twelve o'clock on the same day, the Land drosts of the several departments receive the felicita tions of the Constituted Authorities. , MADRID, AUGUST 3.--Since the 22d ult. very serious actions have taken place, all of which have terminated in our favour. The day of the 28th was most bloody. The loss of the enemy is estimated at 5000 killed and wounded. Our hospitals are full of them, and the number daily increases. It is re ported that Marshal Soult has advanced as far Al mariz ; if this proves true, the retreat of the British army is cut off. PARIS, AUG. 13.-- , -Letters froef Madrid mention the operations of our army otl: the Tagus. The loss of the enemy is double ours, but we have to de plore the loss of many brave Officers, and among others General Lapisse, who received a mortal wound. We are infc•rmed that Marshal Soult has, since the 26th, marched with 3000 men to wards Placentia. AUGUST 15.—The Adjutant-Commandant Car rion de Nisas has passed through this place from the head-quarters of the King of Spain, on his way to the heathquarters of the Emperor. The reports to the Minister of War from the head-quarters of the King of Spain, dated Valdemas, August 8, state, that the enemy, having received information of the arrival of the Duke of Dalmatia at Placentia, has re treated. The Marshal Duke of Belluno is in pur-: suit of them. If the Duke of Dalmatia should ar rive (asis most probable) before the British army on the Titar, the commudicai ion of the enemy's army with POrtugal by the right bank of the Tagus will be cut off. The only retreat left for it will be over the bridge of Almaraz. In this case the march of the Duke of Belluno to Talavera will considerably annoy the enemy. The King has likewise put his &nips in motion against the army of V,tnegas,' who has crossed the Tagus at Aranjuez, after bay ittg been reinforced by the corps under Cuesta. On the arrival of the King, the enemy repassed the Tagus, burning the bridges. We are in anxious ex pectation of the result of the combined movements of the Duke of Dalmatia aga nst the rear-guard of the English, and the Duke of Belluno against the Spanish insurgents.—The loss of the British on the 26th, 27th, and 23th of July, is estimated at 10,000 men. AUGUST 17.—Dispatches from Spain of the 7th instant, state, that General. Wellesley has been obliged to retreat suddenly, leaving behind him at Talavera 4000 wounded. The cavalry of the Ist corps marched into Talavera.oz the 6th, , and left it on the 7tb .for Oropesa. AUGUST 18.—The reports which the - ';Minister of War, Count Hutienburgh, bad received of the retreat of the English in Spain, have been fully con firmed. Letters of the 7th state, that General Viellesleyhad been compelled to make a . precipitate retreat, leaving - 4000 wounded at Talavera. On this occasion the English General sent a letter to the Duke of. Belluno, recommending their wounded to his care. On the 6th of August, at night, the cavalry of the first corps had, arrived at Talavera, front whence it. procx:eded to Oropesa. The Duke of Belluno follows this cavalry with hisinfantry;and we every moment expel to hear that he has etteaed a junc tion with the army of the Duke of Dalmatia, which must hasten and annoy the enemy's retreat. ivate letters . Irotn_ &tura 011a1a"of the gth, men tion, that the Duke of Belluno had armed with his va►:guard at Talavera, and that nothing could be snore precipitate than the retreat of the &ninth:— They !cave behind them all' their caissons and baggage, and many thousands of their Sick and 14Cd y,s IA eh 64 WOillcn, to the humanity- of the French. On the 7th, 'intelligence arrived that the artillery of the enemy which had bombarded Toledo, had ceased tiring, and that the English and insurgents had crossed :he Tz'..,,ros.-.-( 4 'vloniteur.) Aco. iti.—The sitting of the Senate the day huroie yesterday was a most, important one, as appears by the following otricial documents publish ed tin , day in the .111onite27 " 41:Gt2T 1 5. .—Yestrrday the Prince Arch-Chan cellor of the Empire attended the Meeting of she :>enate, . at. which ,the Senator Count Germain Gar pier presided as yearly President: The Arch-Chan cellor was, accompanied by the Minister of War, the Arch-Trrasuier, , and she Minister of Police.— iii Pi mice Arch-Chalicellor delivered the following , `.‘ At ihe moment the Emperor left, this place to obtain revenge for the breaking of treaties by Aus tria, his Majesty ordered every means of precaution to be ta)ten tut the security of the frontiers of his empire. tie every where relied upon the allegiance of his people, assured that they would come for ward to defend every part of the empire Which might he threatened. " Notwithslanding these precautions, a great Ex pedition was assembled in the different harbours of Euglakid. The enemy haring FlOably changed the destination of this 41xpoditicitt, when informed of. the cesat'n. of hovilities with Austria, it has made appearance in different point's on the northern costs of FrancO, and has finished by landing on the Isiand of Weleheren, part of the kingdom of Hol land. The Minister 'of War, upon receiving the first notice of thi, invasion, took every precaution with that zeal and ability which might hFe been expected from a man enjoying the confidence of the Emperor. " Detachments of the national guard; have been called up to serve ; regiments of the line have been put in motion. A considerable train of artillery . has been sent to the, frontiers of Holland, and En gineer Officers have been sent to throW up works wherever the 'situation of the country was best adapted for them. " The Minister of Marine, a&uated by the same zeal, has sent similar instruaions to the Navy, and . every precaution pus been taken by him. • Nothing • that could • tend to the security of Antwerp has been omitted by either; and, in consequence of these combined precautions, the enemy has not yet been able to appear on the frontiers of-theempire.". • • Extra& from the Report of Count Hunenburg, Minister of War, to the Council held by the Arch-. Chancellor of the Empire, August 14 :-.- " On the 29th of July, the English Expedition made its appearance before the Islands of Walcheren and Cadsand, and living lost a number of men by the resistance of one of our brigades, made good their landing on the north side of Walcheren, and . took possession of Middleburgh and ,Camp Vere, Which defended itself for 30 hours. They afterwar=ds took possession of South Beveland, in which island, the important fortress of Bathz was abandoned three hours before they arrived. " As soon as I received information of these pro ceedings, I used every possible dispatch to give the necessary directions, in consequence . of the orders. received from the Emperor previous to his depar ture, to send reinforcements to the points threaten ed by the enemy ; and in less than three days an army of twenty thousand men was colleaed, under the orders of the General Senator Ratnpon, in the lines on the Scheldt, which divide Holland from the Empire of France. At the same time the .General St. Suzanne was threatened in vain at Boulogne, be ing situated in such a manner-as to repel the enemy. Since that period these armies have been reinforced. The Imperial battery on the island of Cadsand, a 6 well as the cue of Napoleon, have kept up:a most tremendous fire on the English ships which attempt- - ed to voice the passage of the Scheidt between Flushing and BNskens, and they have cortipelle4. the enemy. to _seek another • passage bn the side of Zealand. The fortresses of Lillo and Liefkenshock, which are so construaed , as to keep a cross fire at the entrance of the Scheldt, towards Antwerp, de fend the approach to the harbour and doct;.-yards of this important place, which has, for so many years, excited the envy of the enemy. These fortresses have of late been formidably strengthened. . " The vanguard of the army of the North is now - united on the Scheldt, and is already very formida ble, exceeding in numbers the force which the ene my is supposed to have. Our troops are united at Bergen-op-Zoom, with the army which the King of -Holland commands in person, ,and the left wing of the army extends itself from Antu , erp - along the Scheldt, to the island, of cadand, proteeting the Noethelit frontier of our Empire. Every person's question is—What are the intentions of the English ? tor, by the precautions taken to defend Antwerp, all their attempts will be rendered abortive. Under , . these circumstances, the Emperor has. given the command of both these armies to the Prince of Ponte VIENNA, AUG. B.—The Emperor of Austria is in Moravia, at a country seat of Count Cobentzel. The Court de Webner, wno had returned to the Em peror, is expeded to-day or to-morrow at Schoen brunn, with an answer from his Sovereign to the conditions of peace, which the Emperor Napoleon bad refused to ratify. MR/VILA-3 Waterford. Dug —I Gottenburgh, i Malta, i Dublin, 1 ‘Vaterforcl. THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DiCRRI FALSUM ♦UDRAT LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1809. Corvo, and the two corps of übiervation now at Wesel and 1 - 1.3) , pel are under thz orders of Marshals Kelleral:tn an '4 Moncey." Yesterday about 100 sail of transports, having on board cavalry and artillery horses, arrived in the Downs . from Flushing. We yesterday, in a part of our Impression, stated the arrival of Dutch Papers to the 23d ult. In the course of the evening Dutch Papers to the 25th ult. were received. We have made ample extraas from these sources of intelligence, which, at the present moment, are of considerable interest. li\r; The great question of Peace or oetween An stria and France .appears to be still undecided. If we are to believe the articles in these Paper.., rehting, to this subject, no material obstacle existed to the conclusion of Peace. The state of the Negotiation is, however, involved in considerable obscurity, and no fad is given which can form the basis'of any decided opinion. NAPOLEON is said to have left Vienna for Raab, to be , present at a most important conference, from whence he was to pro ceed to Patois, and a hope is expressed that the con ,ference would ensure peace to the Continent ; With whom the conference was to take place, we are not informed. The ,Vmperor of Austria is stated to have been at...a considerable distance from Raab, at a country' seat belonging to . the Count Co- BENTZEL, in 'Moravia. 'The Dutch Minister has for malty intimated that “. the Continental peace is about to be assured ;" but' OiliS will not, perhaps, be considered as an authority on which much reliance • -ought to be placed, We mentioned yesterday the arrival of Letters-from Vienna of the Bth nit. staling the improbability of Peace, and we do not meet in the Dutch Papers with any article which tends really to *contradict that statement. Some pains seem to be taken to impress a belief of the probability of the speedy conclusion of Peace, and an ex.peaation is held out pf the imme diate return of NAPoLkoN to Paris; but there appears no better foundation for all this than cou, jt-aure ; and, at any rate, amidst so much confr2.- diction and obscurity, there is nothing to justify the formation 'Of,any decided opinion, except that Nit- POLEON has met with considerable obstacles, in his attempt to diaate an , humiliating Peace to Austria, and that consegnently the latter Power is still sessed of sufficient strength to enable her to.remain firm in her position. tiAGUF., AUG.. 20.—Letters of the' 16th inst. from the ['riper Rhine, stge, flat the negociations (o 1 peace are carried on (since the 7th insLut) -at Altenburgh, a castle of the Duke of Teschen's, on the Danube, in Lower Austria, neat - 411e flontieis of Hungary. 21.—At the moment of closing our paper, we have received accounts from Palls, dated the 17th senee of our Expedition in the Scheldt. Respeaing inst. which stale, that the Emp.ress had arrived at , I )je e hive extra ep. sevei I articies, in- Malmaison, and that the Emperor was expetted a day or two. eluding the Speech or the Arch,Chancellor to the AUG. dispatch from the Minister of at'sfor; French Senate, and the Itcpc.;rt of the Frei - tch•Mi , Count Von Nauenburgh, dated 14th August, states, Ulster of War. that he had sent 20,000 men, under Gyn. Rampon, which bad been colleaed in less than three days, to The French accounts from Spain, - after grossly reinforce the places most likely to be attacked by, j exaggerating the amount of our los3 in the battle of the English. Talavera,and again claiming the victory, mention the • AMSTERDAM, Avg. la.—To-day we learn, from The King's Gazette, published at Capelle„ an. army, containing one halt of Dutch and one half of French troops, was united at Laudvliet, and that the King had inspeeed Aug. 19.—.1t is positively asserted that the per(); has lot Vienna for 11:116, to be prrsent at a most important conference, and from thence to pro ceed to Paris ; and it is hoped that this conference will ensure peace to the Continent. • • R OTTERDAM, AUG. 18.--LThe Prince' of Ponte Cory° has arrived at Antwerp, accOtupanied by the Minister' Dejeun, and at the same time a reinforce merit of 6000 men for the French army. That place (Antwerp), and the fleet, are perfecily secure against any attempt of the enemy. 22.—The Minister . 0 War, Count Von- Nauenburgh, states, that the Department of the North had sent thousands of grenadiers and jag6s, and a company of volunteer artillery, who had for merly much distinguished themselves at Ruypel, to the Scheldt ; that. all the other Departments were . following' their, example, particularly those of the Pas de Calais. LEYDEN, AUG. 2 i.—French troops continue to, arrive on the banks of the Scheldt ir. such numbers., that the Dutch troops may be easily spared. DORDREGHT, AUG. 18 —The dispatches of the 16th inst. froth. -ArPheira and Zutphen „state, that the division of Dutch troops, under Gen. Gratien; was hourly expected; 'and that orders-'had been given in both places, to provide waggons for the conveyance of the infantry. CAPELLE, AUG. Majsty returned tete last night. The French artnyi, under the command of the Prince of Pottle COrVO, is very strong, and receives daily reinforcements. fiis Majesty ha.; en trusted to Marshal Dunionceau the command of the army in lirabant, which is to co-operate vv,ith that under the Prince of Ponte Corvo. The division under General. Narens is charged the defence of the Helder,. c.ntil sudi `time as General Graticn shall arrive, A considerable portion of these papers is occupied with the preparations rendered necessary by the pre- subsequent retrograde movement of Ciurarmy,(w hich they, with the same regard to truth that prompt ed. them to claim a vktory at Talavera, call a pre cipitate tetteat,) and also that SOULT and VICTOR had effeded a jutiOion. An Official -Dispatch from General VEnntER, states the capture of the fortress of Mont : Jouij, on -the 12th of last month.. The Spatii,h,garrison retired into the adjoining, town of Gerona, which still bravely held out, although VEa- DIER confidently anticipates its fall. Since writing the above, we have received Paris Papers to the I 6th ult. and Frankfort to the 18th. We have extra&ed from them the following ar ticles:— PARI S , AUG. I,s.—His Excellency the Minister of General Police, charged adinterim with the irate- rior, forty . arded on the 3d inst. to the Prefe6ls of the nelgie Provinces the orders of qovernment immedi ately to call out and to render movable the national guards of those Countries, and to hold them at the disposal of the Commandapt-General of the coasts. " Let every thing be animated," says the Minister of General Police, ." in this energetic movement, which from distance to distance, is going to be, communicated, and to, convey against the enemy the picked national guards of several departments. These brave men will vie with each other, and in a body ttiey will contend with the, army, in disci pline, in warlike ardour for the service of the hero uho has eqtrusted to our courage and to our affeaion, 'the guarding of the territory of his em iulta Jitnits of these maritime countries, pire. from this moment the public attention is fixed upon you. You will not confine yourselves- to the easily acquired glory of repelling the English . they must he prevented from again getting or board their vessels, if they advance upon the French terri tory it-would be_too great a disgrace if such a hand ful of islanders should etfea their escape from yotir valour and from your numerous battalions." In consequence of these solders, the Prefects issue from all sides, decrees, for the organization of the national guards into cohorts, containing ten compa nies, one of which to be grenadiers and another rangers. The citizens of whom these cohorts are to consist, and who neither cause themselves to be enrolled nor voluntarily replaced, shall incur the penalties or dliiied by the law, and even correcilional imprison- nuent. To the general considerations stated by the Mini- nister, the Prefe6ts consider it their duty to add others in their proclamations in, each particular de partment ; thus, ita order to give by some exam ples, an idea of the zeal and sentiments by which these Magistrates are animated, the Prefea of Je mappe says : " The cooliclence of Government will not be de ceived. in the department of Jemappe will not be found less zeal and ardour than in those which sur round it, and which already with pride exhibit upon their coasts many bitualious of their brace men.— You have as much interest as they to drive to a distance from your provinces the jealous enemy who is meditating the ruin of your prosperity, and of the establishments which must carry it to the high est pitch. Your love of the country is not less than theirs, and, like them, you are deotecl to the Em peror, who has spread so many, and such valuable benefits over this part of the Empire."—Argus. The Special Court of Criminal Justice at Paris has just appled the Imperial Decree of the tjtii of August last to Lours V. M. .0E ROHAN, a son of tho former Prince of GUEMNEJ3, CollYieted of having carried arms against France, and of having served in the armies of a hostile power, subsequent to . thc t'st of SepteMber t aO4. 1-Ae was condemned by 'contumacy to the punishment of death, and to that of the confiscation of his estate and effeas, in con formity to the Penal Code. PARig, Arc, 16.—The English Colonel SIARIS-^ A c,L, attempted on the 6th of July, to convey a re' inforcetnent of 1400 troops of different descriptios into Gerona. He was, hovieer, surrouude4 hY General PING, and the corps was taken. Fr.THRSBURGH, AVG. 5.-I,esicrday evening :I\-1- ALornus, who was I.ltlssian Minister is Sweden, st the commencement of the war, has gone to Fried richsham, in order to negocizte Peace with Sweden. VIENNA, AUG. 9.—lt is generally believed hero that the conferences for Peace will begin to-day or to-morrow at Altenbourg. M.. M. CIIAMPAGNY and Marshal DUROC arc named Plenipotentiaries for France, and Count Nik:- 7:4atllca and Count ST. VINCRNT for Austria. r.Vbe movements of troops, and the preparations for the continuance of war, had ceased since the Armistice; but since the Ist we remark more aGti vity than ever,in the warlike preparations. A part of—thettncis-has-been-palisaded„ and redoubts built near the Borgthor-gate.' We insert this day some further Extras kom. New York Papers to the 4th ult., from which NN yesterday extracted an account &the surrender of , the City of St. Domingo. They are chiefly filled with political speculations respeding the relusAl of , the British Government to .ratify ,the arrangeiweot made by Mr. ERSKINE. The last accounts from Bat badoes, dated 'July 1 1, state, that preparations were in great fop.% ardnes s for the 'intended Expedition against Guadaloui,e• is not,, however, to take place. till some time ofie r the Hurricane season, and no alive Operation* are likely to commence till about December. The Felicile, one of the frigates which escape d from the Saints, and 'afterwards from Guadaloupo was taken, on her passage to Europe, by the Latona , and the prisoners were landed at Martinique t lth of July. At a late hour this morning we received Hilo' burgh Papers to the 24th ult. from which we Jo' made the following extras : " WARsAw, AUG. 10.-It is said that the 'W . ' sian troops in Gallicia will march to join their arch} of the Moldau. Prince LUBORMISKI is appointed, President of tli c . new administration of the distvia of Cracow. " TRIESTE, AUG; 3.,—This naorning''an Englisb fleet of teu ships_ of war appeared before our harboul• There _is among them a . three-decker, of 120 gi!11 5 ) on board of which is Admiral COLLINGWOOD. intentions of the Engiisb with respeCt to Trii.:ste 0 1 not yet known. Oar sea batteries are, howevc , l il a very respe&able condition. The day befo teiday an cutter and a frigate took, ~l'